Emmanuel Dongala

Emmanuel Boundzéki Dongala (born 1941) is a Congolese chemist and novelist. He is currently Richard B. Fisher Chair in Natural Sciences at Bard College at Simon's Rock.

In 1997, he was dean of the University of Brazzaville when war broke out in the Congo. Bard President Leon Botstein, who has aided a number of refugee professors, offered him a job teaching chemistry at the American college.

As a chemist, his specialty is stereochemistry and asymmetric synthesis, as well as environmental toxicology.

He is the author of a number of award-winning novels including "Johnny Mad Dog" (French: "Johnny Chien Méchant") and "Little Boys Come from the Stars". His work is also featured in the Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry. He has also been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship.

References

* [http://simons-rock.edu/academics/meet-the-faculty/emmanuel-dongala Simon's Rock College: Emmanuel Dongala]
* [http://www.simons-rock.edu/externalAffairs/enews/Julyweb.html Simon's Rock online newsletter, June 2005]
* [http://audio54.archive.org/3/audio/locallygrown/Dongala.mp3 Dr. Emmanuel Dongala discusses and reads from his new novel, Johnny Mad Dog. (MP3)] Simon's Rock Faculty Forum, originally aired on [http://www.berkshireradio.org WBCR-LP] , Great Barrington, MA (archive.org)
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1121385 2001 Interview with Terry Gross on National Public Radio's Fresh Air program]
* [http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/dongalaemmanuel.html New York State Writers Institute - Emmanuel Dongala]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/17/AR2005111701379.html Washington Post review of "Johnny Mad Dog"]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9906E0DA1431F934A35756C0A96E958260 Arts Abroad; Reflections on African War, From a Haven in the U.S.] New York Times, May 7, 1998